Reflexive Verbs in present and perterite

Reflexive Verbs

• Some verbs in spanish have se attached to the end of the infinitive. The se is a reflexive pronoun(pronombre reflexivo) and the verb is called a reflexive verb(verbo reflexivo) because it reflects actions back upon the subject of the sentence.

Reflexive Verbs con’t

• Reflexive verbs are conjugated the same as nonreflexive verbs;however, they are used with a corresponding reflexive pronoun, which may precede a verb or be attached to the end of an infinitive or a present participle.

Peinarse

Yo

Me cepillo

Nosotros

Nosotras

Nos cepillamos

Tu

Te cepillas

Vosotros

Vosotras Os cepillais

Ud.

El

Ella

Se cepilla

Uds.

Ellos

Ellas

Se cepillan

• In spanish, a definite article is generally used instead of a possessive adjective when using a reflexive verb to talk about personal items, such as clothing and parts of the body.

The preterite tense of reflexive verbs

• Reflexive and nonreflexive verbs follow the same patterns you have learned for forming the preterite tense, with the exception that reflexive verbs require an appropiate reflexive pronoun

No reflexivo

• Bañé al perro I gave the dog a bath

• Ella vistió a su She dressed her little hermanita sister

Reflexivo

• Me bañé. I took a bath

• Ella se vistió She got dressed